Movers & Shakers

KEVIN Carty has been appointed head of the EU’s Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia. An assistant commissioner in Ireland’s police force, the Garda Síochána, Carty has previously led his country’s National Drugs Unit and taken part in the investigation into UN security, following the attack on its Baghdad headquarters in August last. He replaces Sven Frederiksen, the EUPM’s first chief, who passed away last month.

LAW firm Arnold & Porter has announced an expansion of its Brussels office. The nine-strong team now includes newcomers Niels Christian Ersbøll, Julie Ann Goshorn, Audrey Mikolajczak and Juan José Martínez.

BRITON Terry Davis and Estonian Kristiina Ojuland, plus incumbent Walter Schwimmer, from Austria, will contest the post of secretary-general of the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe this summer.